22-year-old ‘stalker’ held for Insta posts

DNMUM402538 | 12/7/2017 | Author : Imran Fazal | WC :185 | Mumbai

Mumbai: Thane city police on Tuesday night arrested a 22-year-old, Darsh Satra, for allegedly harassing and stalking a 19-year-old girl through multiple fake Instagram accounts. The accused created over 16 emails accounts and sent more than 400 emails to the victim. According to police, the spate of emails were sent from June 2016 to May 2017. Initially, a case was registered against unidentified persons, after which the police launched a probe and collected over 400 emails. Thane Police department, along with their cybercell, traced the mails to 21-year-old Ashutosh Gotpal, a resident of Nagpada in Mumbai and arrested him on June 18.Satra was arrested on Tuesday. As per the police, Gotpal and Satra are friends andRead full story

college mates. “The motive was harassment through fake Instagram accounts and by posting defamatory posts mentioning the girl. She blocked many of the unidentified mail accounts, but they continued to harass her,” said Inspector Sanjay Dhumal of Naupada police station, adding, “We have arrested Satra under sections of the Information Technology Act, and he has been remanded to judicial custody.”

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